Feast of Heru:

Festival Dionysos:

Festival Dionysos: Greek holy day. Two week fesitival to Dionysos from February 1st through February 14.

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This day on different world calendars.

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information

Season of Proyet (Sowing)
Month of Pamenot or Phamenoth (Amenhotep)
Day 23

Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)

Month of Vohuman (eleventh month)
Day of Day-pa-Den
Day 23

The day of Day-pa-Den celebrates the Av. Dadvah, The day of the Creator before Den. Special prayers from the Khorda Avesta are recited in honor of the days spiritual being.

Activity for the day from the Counsels of Adhurbadh, Son of Mahraspand: (141) On the day of Day-pa-Den do anything you like, bring your wife into your quarters, trim your hair and nails and clothe yourself. Adarbad Mahraspandan was a famous saint, high priest, and prime minister of Shapur II (309-379 C.E.).

Celtic (ancient Druid) information

Ogham tree calendar

The Celtic calendar started out as a moon calendar, but was aligned with the solar year during antiquity. Robert Graves proposed the Celtic tree calendar described here. While widely used by Neo-Pagans, many critics dispute the authenticity. The Beth-Luis-Nion calendar (the one used here) starts with New Year on the Winter Solstice. The Beth-Luis-Faern calendar starts with New Year on Samhain.

Each Celtic tree month (or moon) is named for a Celtic Ogham letter (first line above) and a tree (second line above). All of the Celtic months also had additional folk names (folk names for this month listed below).

Asatru (ancient Norse) information

Month: Horning

Roman information

a.d. VIII Id. Feb.
8 days before the Ides of February
Month: Februa or Febrvarivs or Februarius

The a.d. VIII Id. designation means ante diem or eight days before the Ides (Full Moon) of the month. When counting days, the Romans included both the start and end day (in modern Western culture, we skip the start day). When the Romans switched to a solar calendar, they continued to use the lunar day names.

The Roman month of February is named for a feast of purification. Romans called February the Month of Purification. During the festival of Lupercalia, priests would beat barren women with a goatskin thong called a februa (means of purification) in the belief it would make them fertile. February was originally given over the the infernal deities, making the purification feast essential as a counterbalance to all the evil that could occur in the world. February had 28 days (an even number) because of a Roman superstitious dread of even numbers. February eventually became sacred to Juno Februra, the Roman Queen Goddess.

The earliest Roman months were lunar. According to Roman mythology, the ten month solar calendar aligned to the vernal equinox was introduced by Romulus, the founder of Rome, around 753 BCE. In Romulus calendar, Ferbuary did not exist.
Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numas calendar, February was added to the end of the year (after December) and had 28 days (or 23 days with an extra five intercalary days in some years). The extra five days at the end of February were viewed as unlucky and not considered to be part of the normal year.
In some years, an intercalary month (Mensis Intercalaris) called Mercedinus or Mercedonius or Intercalaris, was placed into February in order to bring the year into alignment. The intercalary month followed February 23rd and then after the intercalary month, February resumed with February 24th. Plutarch wrote Numa added an intercalary month, to follow February, consisting of twentty-two days, and called by the Romans the month Mercedinus. This amendment, however, itself, in course of time, came to need other amendments. Some scholars claim that Intercalaris was added to the Roman calendar in 452 BCE.
Gaius Julius Caesar, as Pontifex Maximus (supreme bridge-builder, a religious title), reorganized the calendar on the first day of 45 BCE. In Caesars calendar (the Julian Calendar), February was moved to after January and had 28 days, except in leap years, when it had 29 days. The extra leap day was added after February 23, rather than at the end of the month. Caesars calendar was calculated by Sosigenes, an Egyptian astrologer/astronomer. In 8 BCE, Augustus Caesar fixed errors by pontiffs after Julius death and made other minor modifications, resulting in the modern Western calendar. The modern Gregorian Calendar, named for Roman Catholic Pope Gregory the Thirteenth, was a realignment in 1582.

numerology

Today totals 6 in modern Western numerology. See the article on six for more information.

lunar information 2010

Fourth Quarter in Scorpio:

Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Scorpio.

Void of Course:

Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 11:11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 8:11 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). The Moon is void of course from the last traditional aspect in a sign to the ingress into the next sign. Moon void of course is a time of distractions and miscommunications. Things started during Moon void of course tend to sputter and fail.

Moon enters Sagittarius:

Fourth Quarter in Sagittarius:

Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Sagittarius.

Planting: The Moon makes this day excellent for planting.

Fishing: The Moon makes this day excellent for fishing.

Scorpio Rewarding: This day in 2010 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Scorpio because the Moon is in your Sun sign.

Taurus Challenging: This day in 2010 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Taurus because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.

astrological information 2010

Mercury Sextile Uranus: Mercury is sextile Uranus at 3:02 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 12:02 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). You will find support for your ideas. Dream magick. Ritual to Nuit.

Moon Square Venus: The Moon is square Venus at 7:13 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 4:13 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Time to relax with friends. Ritual to Het Heret (Hathor).

Moon Trine Uranus: The Moon is trine Uranus at 8:36 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 5:36 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Originality and creativity spells. Time for originality. Be original and influence others. Ritual to Bast and Sekhmet.

Moon Sextile Mercury: The Moon is sextile Mercury at 9:14 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 6:14 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Time for new ideas. May require quick thinking. Ritual to Djehuti (Thoth).

Moon Square Neptune: The Moon is square Neptune at 11:11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 8:11 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Be careful  You may be gullible and your judgement may be poor. Time for serious thinking. Moon Void of Course (V/C).

Jupiter Sextile Pluto: Jupiter is sextile Pluto at 12:51 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 9:51 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Start work on spiritual matters. Time for interest in psychological matters. Normally. perform occult rituals and magick, but not while the Moon is void of course. Normally, ritaul to Anpu (Anubis), Amon-Ra, Aset (Isis), or Bast, but not while the Moon is void of course. Because this is a slow moving aspect, you may delay the ritual and magick until after the Moon enters Sagittarius.

Moon Sextile Saturn: The Moon is sextile Saturn at 2:55 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) tomorrow (Feb 7) or 11:55 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) today. Help those in need.

Magick Color:

Black: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is black. You may want to burn a black candle or wear some black this day.

Magick Incense:

Patchouli: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is patchouli. You may want to burn patchouli incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you dont have or dont like patchouli.

Magick Color:

White: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is white. You may want to burn a white candle or wear some white this day.

Magick Incense:

Cloves, Violet: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences, is violet. The magick incense for this day, based on the day of the week, is cloves. You may want to burn cloves or violet incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you dont have or dont like cloves or violet.

holy days 2008

These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.

Charming of the Plow:

Charming of the Plough: Asatru (Norse) holy day. A celebration of Freya and the Disir. Held on the first New Moon in February, which occurs on this day in 2008. Approximately equivalent to Imbolc in Wicca, as one of the eight major holy days marking the wheel of the year. Some Asatru celebrate the Charming of the Plough on the first weekend in February.

Ash Wednesday:

Ash Wednesday: Christian holy day. Occurs on this day in 2008.

lunar information 2008

Fourth Quarter in Aquarius:

Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Aquarius.

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